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so i got elected last november. there were four of us running in the election. it was a nonpartisan race on the local level so the top two vote getters went against each other in november. i won with 53% of the vote and i became mayor in january at the age of 22. and then i turned 23 and i will be 24 and january so i'm quickly getting up there. [laughter] it is a very stressful job at all so very very rewarding. there is nothing more special than being a mayor and a town or city that you're born and where your family still lives in your friends are there in the schools that you want who are still there and your teachers or if still teaching in the public schools. given my age are current our current school superintendent for example is my principal of the high school so it's been a really reporting experience and we are focused on four different issues in particular and that is education. we have a 53% graduation rate over four years so a lot of large urban centers around the country we do have challenges around education and our graduation rate. economic develo
so i got elected last november. there were four of us running in the election. it was a nonpartisan race on the local level so the top two vote getters went against each other in november. i won with 53% of the vote and i became mayor in january at the age of 22. and then i turned 23 and i will be 24 and january so i'm quickly getting up there. [laughter] it is a very stressful job at all so very very rewarding. there is nothing more special than being a mayor and a town or city that you're...
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to election. >>host: abby kiesa look at the numbers the percentage that consider themselves to be highly engaged broken-down bite eight -- by age, 75% and is down 14. what the you attribute the drop? >> there are some things. there may be some disappointment and the president. this summer poll indicated 40% described the feelings about the president as disappointed. but it could be people in gauged newly for the first time. >>host: if you are a boater between the ages of 18 and 29 joined the conversation. we are talking with abby kiesa at the center for information and research known as circle at tufts university 81 we looking solely at young people social political engagement and we do research to help strengthen engagement efforts to involve young people. >>host: how does social media come into play campaign 2012? as a barometer and to change opinion? >> both campaigns and engage in social media there is a great number of organizations trying to and engage people. with respect to elections a lot
to election. >>host: abby kiesa look at the numbers the percentage that consider themselves to be highly engaged broken-down bite eight -- by age, 75% and is down 14. what the you attribute the drop? >> there are some things. there may be some disappointment and the president. this summer poll indicated 40% described the feelings about the president as disappointed. but it could be people in gauged newly for the first time. >>host: if you are a boater between the ages of 18...
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you go to the board of elections a month after the election, they've updated the voter file. it's yes or no, they voted. persuasion, to see if they change their mind, have to rely on them being honest, their self-reported other choices. so, and the other reason a lot of the people who start doing this work in academia were using basically nonprofit dollars through the institutions and couldn't do partisan work which made it very difficult to do. persuasion in the campaign, but if you're doing non-candidate specific test you can spend university dollars out of your research budget on a. there's a big body of work on the science, and a lot of it is informed by the behavioral psychology. there's far less sort of i think new science of persuasion. one thing i've written about the issues how the obama campaign is trying to adopt these as primitive methods to measure the effect of their mail and the online ads and tv ads and just as propublica, more expensive. but if you would tried to break out of relying solely on focus groups that try to ask voters to imagine any sort of artific
you go to the board of elections a month after the election, they've updated the voter file. it's yes or no, they voted. persuasion, to see if they change their mind, have to rely on them being honest, their self-reported other choices. so, and the other reason a lot of the people who start doing this work in academia were using basically nonprofit dollars through the institutions and couldn't do partisan work which made it very difficult to do. persuasion in the campaign, but if you're doing...
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this is a subset of t outside money we are seeing coming into the elections. and we are seeing much more of this time around, these are the 501(c), especially 501(c)(4) groups that are increasing active in politics an increasingly active on the airwaves. first a word about, the center for responsive politics. what we do it in a summit with us is we slice and dice campaign finance and lobbying information in ways that hopefully make it more accessible and usable and easier to interpret for both journalists and the public. we've been trying to get at this dark money, shadow money this year, and you know, the danger for journalists and for us, for the public is, you know, it's very, very difficult to get at it, take it its donors and exactly what's going on. but if we don't we're only getting part of the story. and probably not that big a part. why don't you go to the first slide? so what these groups are supposed to disclose, like other groups, is the amount of money they spend on independent expenditures, which of those ads that say vote for, vote against some
this is a subset of t outside money we are seeing coming into the elections. and we are seeing much more of this time around, these are the 501(c), especially 501(c)(4) groups that are increasing active in politics an increasingly active on the airwaves. first a word about, the center for responsive politics. what we do it in a summit with us is we slice and dice campaign finance and lobbying information in ways that hopefully make it more accessible and usable and easier to interpret for both...
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so this is the choice we face in this election. this is what the election comes down to. and you are going to hear over the next two months, i know you must be tired of hearing these ads -- but you are going to hear more over the next six weeks or it and over and over again, you're going to hear my opponent talk about bigger tax cuts, fewer regulations, that's the way to go, and since government can't do everything, it should do almost nothing. if you can't afford health care, then hope you don't get that. if you can afford college, borrow money from your parents you know what? that's not who we are. i don't think the government can solve all of our problems. but the government is not the source of our problems either. there are some things we have to do together. instead of going around and blaming somebody, unions or immigrants, gays or somebody for what is going on, this is what we need to pull together. we are in this together. we believe that america only works when we accept responsibility for ourselves and for each other. that is how we create more opportunity, mor
so this is the choice we face in this election. this is what the election comes down to. and you are going to hear over the next two months, i know you must be tired of hearing these ads -- but you are going to hear more over the next six weeks or it and over and over again, you're going to hear my opponent talk about bigger tax cuts, fewer regulations, that's the way to go, and since government can't do everything, it should do almost nothing. if you can't afford health care, then hope you...
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our elections are being sold to the highest bidder. that is not what our democracy should be about. >> senator kerrey? question? >> the focus is on campaign finance reform. all right. >>when i say i am going to fight to change congress, i need it i have a 45-word amendment to the constitution that i think would make those proud. it says that congress must organize itself in a non- partisan fashion. you can have no more than 12 consecutive years of service. you have to place limitations of what you can spend in campaigns. the questioner is right. even if it is not reality, the perception is that politics has been corrupted by money. i remember running in 1982. the constitution says if you are 30 years old and a citizen you can run. but the reality is if you can't raise $7 million or $8 million, you are not qualified. there is no question is his corrupting our political process and decision-making. we have to change the constitution to give congress the authority to actually limit what can be spent in campaigns. >> thank you. senator? >>
our elections are being sold to the highest bidder. that is not what our democracy should be about. >> senator kerrey? question? >> the focus is on campaign finance reform. all right. >>when i say i am going to fight to change congress, i need it i have a 45-word amendment to the constitution that i think would make those proud. it says that congress must organize itself in a non- partisan fashion. you can have no more than 12 consecutive years of service. you have to place...
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to election. people say they will vote more democrat or republican. it varies in a particular poll that dick morris was referring to. we had 2% more in ohio democratic but at the same time we asked 1% more republican and 1% more in florida. he picked that one to take a pot shots at. more recent poll had more republicans than in 2008. the long and short is there is no standard party id. comparison to 2008 is itself a comparison to the exit polls and party id does vary from election to election. if you use 2004 you would be surprised to find more democratic, we are finding it a little less democratic than in 2008. we had a group over the weekend last weekend -- and a lot of questions about jobs and the economy and values in society and one person asked about this party id controversy that exists and this is sort of a very -- not quite in the beltway but more predominant. >> it is an argument that both sides make depending upon who doesn't like the result of the polls. we did see democrats make a sim
to election. people say they will vote more democrat or republican. it varies in a particular poll that dick morris was referring to. we had 2% more in ohio democratic but at the same time we asked 1% more republican and 1% more in florida. he picked that one to take a pot shots at. more recent poll had more republicans than in 2008. the long and short is there is no standard party id. comparison to 2008 is itself a comparison to the exit polls and party id does vary from election to election....
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you can see him in the 2010 election. christine o'donnell is in delaware who taught about dabbling in witchcraft. he did not like that and he came down on her. likewise go with todd akin cud the tea party candidate in missouri who talked about legitimate. rove did not like that. if you look at the finances they are coming you can see subbase power. it can do is $28 billion. subbase american crossroads put $15 million of that senate case. he pulled it out and now very strongly he's hanging in there. but in return, rove, and assert a surprise last last week he said if a given set ordered, dilkon looking for me. >> why did michael steele got fired? >> well -- the question was why was michael steele pushed out of the republican party? the answer is he couldn't raise any money at all. in terms of style, he was trying to make it sort of a hip-hop party and that didn't work with country club republicans were the tea party for that matter. it was really a funny question. was he trying to go up against obama? he would not bring af
you can see him in the 2010 election. christine o'donnell is in delaware who taught about dabbling in witchcraft. he did not like that and he came down on her. likewise go with todd akin cud the tea party candidate in missouri who talked about legitimate. rove did not like that. if you look at the finances they are coming you can see subbase power. it can do is $28 billion. subbase american crossroads put $15 million of that senate case. he pulled it out and now very strongly he's hanging in...
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the reason they were elected is rising, not falling. not because there hasn't been tax rises think i suspect dean every family in this country. not because they didn't want to cut borrowing. they did. abacus or services are getting worse. they are. but because if you stop an economy growing, it will be of more out of work claiming benefits, not paying taxes. businesses struggles that they are not paying taxes. and as a result, borrowing goes out. our income not to invest in schools and transport and education, but are we to keep people idle so the next time you hear a conservative say to you, labor would increase borrowing. just remember it is this government that is increasing borrowing this year. [applause] so what have we seen? we have seen recessions, higher unemployment, higher borrowing. i don't think that is what people were promised. there will be some people who say, and this is an important argument. it will be some people who say they were short-term pain, but it is worth it for the long term gain. and i'm afraid the opposite
the reason they were elected is rising, not falling. not because there hasn't been tax rises think i suspect dean every family in this country. not because they didn't want to cut borrowing. they did. abacus or services are getting worse. they are. but because if you stop an economy growing, it will be of more out of work claiming benefits, not paying taxes. businesses struggles that they are not paying taxes. and as a result, borrowing goes out. our income not to invest in schools and...
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remember before the last election, remember those airbrushed posters? i'll protect the nhs with that picture of david cameron. remember those speeches? the three most important letters to me, he said, were n-h-s. it was a solemn contract with the british people. and then what did he do? he came along after the election and proposed a top-down reorganization that nobody voted for, that nobody knew about and nobody wanted. and here's the worst part. when it became unpopular he paused. remember the pause? he said he wanted to listen, and what happened? the gps said no. the nurses said no. the paediatricians said no. the radiologists said no. the patients said no. and the british people said no. and what did he do? he ploughed on regardless. he broke his solemn contract with the british people, a contract that can never be repaired. [applause] let me tell what i hate about this reorganization. let me tell you what i hate. i hate the waste, i hate the waste of billions of pounds at a time the nhs has its worst settlement, its most difficult settlement for a
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i did vote for obama in the previous election. i thought the united states needed a positive inspiration and that he was the enter at the time. i too like what he is done with the health-care system. before my husband had a heart attack and we were considered pre-existing condition and with release of that, we were able to get health care that is affordable. we're paying $49 a month for health insurance as a premium -- we were paying $4,000 a month -- $1400 a month in a premium for health insurance. i volunteer with georgia cares in savannah. the program is wonderful but they are overworked and understaffed. mitt romney in the debate last night cap talk about how massachusetts was number one in education. that is great for massachusetts. here in georgia, and not so wonderful. i cannot send my kids to public schools because they are so horrible. it is disgusting. host: it sounds like you're leaning towards the president. caller: i want to but it is up in the air. has he done something for the country? yes. has it been enough? you h
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elections. the supreme court, when they got that ruling, they sent it right back. they said that voting was a fundamental right and the judge would not be obligated to block the law unless -- sorry, missing a word here -- not disenfranchisement of voters. that was the strict order from the supreme court and he had no choice but to block all law. host: what has been the reaction in pennsylvania? who is going to benefit from this? caller: democrats have been very concerned that this would reduce turnout, especially among the elderly. they held up as a big victory. the republicans are basically trying to make sure that the law takes effect next year, not this year. they are looking to the future. host: as we look forward, do you expect this ruling to go to the supreme court before the election? could there be a change? or is this really what is going to happen? host: -- caller: theoretically it is possible that the ruling could be appealed to the supreme court. they have held that possibility open
elections. the supreme court, when they got that ruling, they sent it right back. they said that voting was a fundamental right and the judge would not be obligated to block the law unless -- sorry, missing a word here -- not disenfranchisement of voters. that was the strict order from the supreme court and he had no choice but to block all law. host: what has been the reaction in pennsylvania? who is going to benefit from this? caller: democrats have been very concerned that this would reduce...
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they look at what they see as the most important business issues this election cycle. you can see it live, starting at 8:30 eastern, on c-span 2. today, a look at the obama administration's aid to the auto industry. the former lead adviser on the auto industry will be live, starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern, on c-span 3. this month, as the presidential candidates meet for debate, we are asking middle and high school students to send a message to the presidency. students will answer the question, what is the most important issue the president should consider in 2013? there is a grand prize of $25,000. -- $5,000. for complete details and rules, go online to studentcam.org. >> in a foreign-policy speech, mr. khamenei said that president obama is a passive in the middle east chris it is time to change course in the regent. -- region. foreign policy will be the focus of the third presidential debate on october 22nd. this is 30 minutes. congressman goodlatte has been a tremendous supporter of the men and women in uniform. since its founding in 89, this institution has been incre
they look at what they see as the most important business issues this election cycle. you can see it live, starting at 8:30 eastern, on c-span 2. today, a look at the obama administration's aid to the auto industry. the former lead adviser on the auto industry will be live, starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern, on c-span 3. this month, as the presidential candidates meet for debate, we are asking middle and high school students to send a message to the presidency. students will answer the question,...
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the hardening of this election is in place. host: the focus of the cover on your magazine and that is the next president possibility to make his selection for the supreme court. i'm wondering what your view is of the current makeup of the court and which direction it will go as the new term opens this week in light of the vote on health care. guest: your viewers can see that cover. often the court is viewed through the prism through hot- button social issues like abortion, guns, criminal defense issues. this is very much about the election where we have four supreme court justices over the age of 70. we have a court which has in many ways favored the corporations, the very rich over ordinary people come in. the axis of workers to the court. in the defining decision, citizens united was on president in unleashing the power of corporate money in enhancing the power of money, the very rich in our politics. the court is a player. the problem is that progressives have not understood the power of the courts as have the conservative m
the hardening of this election is in place. host: the focus of the cover on your magazine and that is the next president possibility to make his selection for the supreme court. i'm wondering what your view is of the current makeup of the court and which direction it will go as the new term opens this week in light of the vote on health care. guest: your viewers can see that cover. often the court is viewed through the prism through hot- button social issues like abortion, guns, criminal...
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there's no way america would elect a prime african-american you can't get elected with the name barack obama. it's actually didn't matter. i didn't know anybody in chicago. i didn't know anybody around the candidate. so it didn't look like anything was going to be happening. december 26, december 26, 2006 my wife and i were shopping day after christmas we were shopping in a borns and noble just up the road in california. my phone goes off. this is right out of west wing. it's like, my tornado watch. it's somebody calling to find out if i'm interesting in working with the barack obama campaign. and so, of course, i was. i was quickly connected with a guy named steve held brand who became the deputy campaign manager. he was assessing staff. i thought i was apply forking the job for national campaign manager. it's voter exact. i thought i got to put it on the table i'm perfect for the job. i said, steve never indicated back that i was being considered for national campaign directer. but i put it out there. i said, steve, here's the thing, we can take, you know, we can make it so that peop
there's no way america would elect a prime african-american you can't get elected with the name barack obama. it's actually didn't matter. i didn't know anybody in chicago. i didn't know anybody around the candidate. so it didn't look like anything was going to be happening. december 26, december 26, 2006 my wife and i were shopping day after christmas we were shopping in a borns and noble just up the road in california. my phone goes off. this is right out of west wing. it's like, my tornado...
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they always do this in a close election. as we head into novemberheadtheir number one imperative is to answer the question. -- as we head into november, their number one imperative is to answer the question. we have done it before and we can do it again. when they answer that question, that is when they will win the election? >> there is no question that the president is well-liked and there are also a lot of folks who do not care for him as much. a lot of people look at him and admire him. i admire him. he has played golf 104 times in the last four years. i would love to come anywhere close to that. in terms of the romney campaign, i cannot talk to my partner in boston, who has been during the campaign, because i am doing a lot of work for the super pacs. whenever we talk, it is about the nationals, or his redskins and my giants. i will hold off on giving advice to the romney campaign. they have a lot of people giving them advice. i hope they are able to capitalize on this new-found momentum. >> to your point about 2004, i
they always do this in a close election. as we head into novemberheadtheir number one imperative is to answer the question. -- as we head into november, their number one imperative is to answer the question. we have done it before and we can do it again. when they answer that question, that is when they will win the election? >> there is no question that the president is well-liked and there are also a lot of folks who do not care for him as much. a lot of people look at him and admire...
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just like a few short years ago since this is an election year, hundreds and thousands and millions of people come in 11 states and the old confederacy from virginia to texas couldn't register to vote simply cause of the color of their skin. people stood in line. it took a state like the state of mississippi in 1963, 1964, 1965 more than four need to keep those in the but only about 16 those and were registered to vote. there was a county in my native state of alabama and the heart of the black belt. am i population was more than 80% but there wasn't a single registered black voters in the county. a little town of selma alabama 2.1 were registered to vote. people were beaten and jailed. on one occasion a man was asked to borrow another soap and count the number of jellybeans in a jar. there were african-american lawyers, teachers and doctors come college professors failing the test and had to pay a tax and we had to change that. hundreds had been arrested and jailed. my goal organization the student nonviolent coordinating committee better known as sncc. [applause] thank you. some of y
just like a few short years ago since this is an election year, hundreds and thousands and millions of people come in 11 states and the old confederacy from virginia to texas couldn't register to vote simply cause of the color of their skin. people stood in line. it took a state like the state of mississippi in 1963, 1964, 1965 more than four need to keep those in the but only about 16 those and were registered to vote. there was a county in my native state of alabama and the heart of the black...
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i think we will get past the election. and even if we don't get anything done in the lame-duck, that we are able to only temporarily kick the can down the road and only temporarily extend these policies that we don't want to take effect and put into place early next year greater budget discipline for the future and that commitment to at least a framework of a deficit reduction package that has hope of getting bipartisan support. >> avoid the recession, the same one -- find a way to increase the debt limit so that we avoid a some of the painful posturing that went on the last time around. at the end of this, it would be nice to come out with a conception of what our tax code actually is, but there may need to be some things that are explicitly temporary. but having a sharp line distinguishing those things that hurt temporary from those of not would be helpful in the policy making process. >> the best would be a two- stage process -- december would be more desirable. the second comes in late spring or early summer, that betw
i think we will get past the election. and even if we don't get anything done in the lame-duck, that we are able to only temporarily kick the can down the road and only temporarily extend these policies that we don't want to take effect and put into place early next year greater budget discipline for the future and that commitment to at least a framework of a deficit reduction package that has hope of getting bipartisan support. >> avoid the recession, the same one -- find a way to...
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the 1976 election. look at the dark area. that's the democrat vote for jimmie carter who won nothing west of texas. it was the entire south he carried so. i guess that southern strategy wasn't working out for the republicans. >> on a current voter law changes around the country, new republic tim noah announced why won't conservatives denounce voter up is suppression. he writes, i find this generally puzzling. i don't expect g.o.p. politicians to [ indiscernible ] voter up is suppression movement within their ranks because they've got a partisan interest in it. for anyone that's free to -- [ indiscernible ] the utter phoniness from the g.o.p. movement to squelch voter fraud must surely be obvious. >> by voter up is suppression, he means not being able to just walk up and vote without a photo i.d.? i think it would be clearer if he said, why do republicans think you should have a voter i.d. to vote? because if you put it that way, um, i think everyone in the country would laugh. what? anyone could walk in? you can go from votin
the 1976 election. look at the dark area. that's the democrat vote for jimmie carter who won nothing west of texas. it was the entire south he carried so. i guess that southern strategy wasn't working out for the republicans. >> on a current voter law changes around the country, new republic tim noah announced why won't conservatives denounce voter up is suppression. he writes, i find this generally puzzling. i don't expect g.o.p. politicians to [ indiscernible ] voter up is suppression...
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nothing is expected to happen before the election. realistically, how much traction can leaders get in a lame duck congress? guest: it is a good point, and something that might get best add a lot of people look at congress and say why can they not get this -- might get missed, and a lot of people look to congress and say why can they not get this done? leadership plays a role. we talked about the role of the person in the white house. both the leaders of the house and senate, nancy pelosi, senate majority leader harry reid, those people need to want to make a deal. as much as the game of six or eight might come up with a framework it is difficult for those individual senators or, even as a group, to move the rest of congress until the leaders give the green light. i think that will take weeks. that will not be an easy thing to happen, even if taken up with a framework. i think most people feel there will be an interim or initial measure. i think we will push the issues into next year, with a new congress. " host: on twitter, lobbyists
nothing is expected to happen before the election. realistically, how much traction can leaders get in a lame duck congress? guest: it is a good point, and something that might get best add a lot of people look at congress and say why can they not get this -- might get missed, and a lot of people look to congress and say why can they not get this done? leadership plays a role. we talked about the role of the person in the white house. both the leaders of the house and senate, nancy pelosi,...
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if you just elect me, the economy will get better just because i'm elected. things we felt were interesting. tuesday morning, we put out his statement about middle east conflict which he said things in private. they contradict what he said publicly about support for two state solution. basically, tuesday afternoon, we put out everything and reported another journalist they thought was newsworthy. we could have held on it for days and put out stories. we decided not to. we decided it was such interest to people and we let other people decide what they think is important. it was our scoop and we managed it that way. it was certainly in keeping with the conventional traditions of journalism. host: david corn, washington bureau chief of the mother jones. you're out with a new ebook about this. 47% uncovering the romney video. how do people read this? guest: first they have to get it. it's an ebook. host: where do they go? guest: you can go to amazon if you're kindle readers. you can go to ibook. my kids were pleased, it was right next to j.k. rawlings new book. f
if you just elect me, the economy will get better just because i'm elected. things we felt were interesting. tuesday morning, we put out his statement about middle east conflict which he said things in private. they contradict what he said publicly about support for two state solution. basically, tuesday afternoon, we put out everything and reported another journalist they thought was newsworthy. we could have held on it for days and put out stories. we decided not to. we decided it was such...
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we didn't need an election to win. we had a moment at pauley pavilion and oprah came out and michelle came out and maria shriver came out. there was this running narrative at the time. you always had these pictures -- i remember one example of this. this foreign trip we had. we had him meeting he was meeting with heads of state and kings and did this rally with 250,000 people in berlin. and you know, these pictures at home with john mccain, he was going through a grocery store. somebody was throwing something in his cart. we were in germany with this big crowd. he was going into a german restaurant quietly for launch. it -- lunch. he was, that first day on the trip sinks a three-point shot in front of the troops. john mccain motoring with george w. bush at a maine country club in a golf cart. these kinds of pictures i think started from these two people who really understood language and the narrative, you could see these happening all the time throughout the campaign. i think it really helps form, pictures, images for
we didn't need an election to win. we had a moment at pauley pavilion and oprah came out and michelle came out and maria shriver came out. there was this running narrative at the time. you always had these pictures -- i remember one example of this. this foreign trip we had. we had him meeting he was meeting with heads of state and kings and did this rally with 250,000 people in berlin. and you know, these pictures at home with john mccain, he was going through a grocery store. somebody was...
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>>> election season it into full force. you can't turn on the television without seeing an attack ad from some candidate. >> i wish that more candidates had ads like this one. this is -- joe langley. >> hi. i'm joe langley. a candidate for north carolina house of representatives district number 53 for the county. i want to tell you quickly about myself, and what i want to do, and i know how valuable your time is, so i'm going to talk really fast. i love this. here's where i live outside of ap drew. this house has been in our family over 150 years. >> plowing through his district and wants to point out that he has roots in this area. >> here's where i go to church, where i'm an usher and on the finance committee. >> this is way better than the ads on tv. i'd rather see a guy like this, showing that he's part of the community. >> exactly. and he showcases not only his community, he shows off his family. >> this is sue, my wife of 32 years and my children and grandchildren. >> then blows past them. he is a democratic candidate
>>> election season it into full force. you can't turn on the television without seeing an attack ad from some candidate. >> i wish that more candidates had ads like this one. this is -- joe langley. >> hi. i'm joe langley. a candidate for north carolina house of representatives district number 53 for the county. i want to tell you quickly about myself, and what i want to do, and i know how valuable your time is, so i'm going to talk really fast. i love this. here's where i...
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there are 36 days until the election. this election actually despite everything you are hearing it is still up in the air. so don't count your chickens folk. back with us from washington, d.c. is peter fenn, and joining me here inside "the war room," duf sundheim. duf, let me start with you, because of all of the polls that have been out lately there has been some movement of republican money. there have been in fact fox business news is reporting that some of mitt romney's new york donors are taking their money to the house and senate. and that trend reflects an increasing level of anxiety both with the nature of the romney campaign, and polls show president obama has a lead in swing states that some republicans think is insurmountable. do you think it's too soon? >> yes. you are going to see some anxiety, you are at a football game, and people start leaving for the exits way too early. >> jennifer: i think we're going to have to follow the money. though. peter after all of the millions that have already been donated how
there are 36 days until the election. this election actually despite everything you are hearing it is still up in the air. so don't count your chickens folk. back with us from washington, d.c. is peter fenn, and joining me here inside "the war room," duf sundheim. duf, let me start with you, because of all of the polls that have been out lately there has been some movement of republican money. there have been in fact fox business news is reporting that some of mitt romney's new york...
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you might not know this but was won that election. [laughter] in the electoral college, kind of the cool thing in the constitution. but anyhow, so it years later what was essentially a popular vote tie becomes a seven-point blowout in that shows you how significantly america is changing. you know, fred talked about how hard it is for democrat a democrat to win with a seven-point margin. republicans can't. it's just impossible. for mitt romney to win the popular vote is going to be by a point or two. what that says is you know, if we don't as a party, republicans don't figure out how to do much better with minority voters particularly latinos -- look, african-americans is going to be hard to expect more than 5%f the vote for a while given that the current president is lack. so they are going to vote for him and his party. that is certainly understandable. republicans have to do significantly better than we are doing right now into the future. we have to do significantly better with latino voters. >> i think it's fair to say that the re
you might not know this but was won that election. [laughter] in the electoral college, kind of the cool thing in the constitution. but anyhow, so it years later what was essentially a popular vote tie becomes a seven-point blowout in that shows you how significantly america is changing. you know, fred talked about how hard it is for democrat a democrat to win with a seven-point margin. republicans can't. it's just impossible. for mitt romney to win the popular vote is going to be by a point or...
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until the next election cycle. until the next election cycle. when i talk about each side, in this case, i mean the press and the candidates, even though that is not the most natural way to talk about an election. you think of the two sides in the election being the candidates, and yet, that is not the full story of an election, and on the other hand, just to go back for a second, i do think the press, in taking on the candidates, can call the right and wrong and the correct and the incorrect, and i hope there is a lot more of that, and i am probably running out of time. i will say that on the optimism front, can anyone imagine during the kennedy-nixon debates that we would all be watching it with twitter, that there would be fact checking, that there would be conversations going on? hearing him on the radio, he sounds a lot better. or anything like that. i think this is a great time for political coverage, and i hope that that turns out to be true in the next few weeks and that we do not instead see some degraded
until the next election cycle. until the next election cycle. when i talk about each side, in this case, i mean the press and the candidates, even though that is not the most natural way to talk about an election. you think of the two sides in the election being the candidates, and yet, that is not the full story of an election, and on the other hand, just to go back for a second, i do think the press, in taking on the candidates, can call the right and wrong and the correct and the incorrect,...
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at the same time, recumbent presidents typically win elections. they have the experience of doing this before. having a policy for the previous four years, the advantage of a very well-prepared campaign. the practice of doing this, where as the challenger has to put that campaign together on the fly. at the end of the day, each side may have a little advantage that it brings to the table, but probably those advantages cancel them out. that is why the two candidates can fight to a draw most times. >> you write this in your book. what will we be talking about wednesday evening and thursday morning? >> i learned a long time ago not to make predictions about debates. these are live television shows. you absolutely cannot predict what will happen. based on the history of these two debaters, neither one of them is really a flame thrower. neither one of them is particularly theatrical. their history would suggest it might be a candidate. but again, you never know. >> in terms of preparing for the debates, the moderator role. what kinds of questions shoul
at the same time, recumbent presidents typically win elections. they have the experience of doing this before. having a policy for the previous four years, the advantage of a very well-prepared campaign. the practice of doing this, where as the challenger has to put that campaign together on the fly. at the end of the day, each side may have a little advantage that it brings to the table, but probably those advantages cancel them out. that is why the two candidates can fight to a draw most...
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big bad money people who are out to buy the election. the reality is is that there are desperate motivations and very different types of people. they are wealthy people and their careers are over and they don't want anything back even if they get a tax break, they don't care. from policies downpour -- from a legal standpoint, how you distinguish from the outset the one guy from the other guy? . there are certain philanthropic goals. there are also real business interests and there is personal interests. as a policy matter, i would not know how to say if you check the box, i am just in it for nothing there for you can give more money to the guy who works for the payday lender. they face huge regulatory barriers. mitt romney my promise that if he is elected, that will not go into effect. >> do you want to dive in? >> 100 years ago, the wall street trusts and elected theodore roosevelt because they thought he would not enforce the antitrust laws. that was ideological and they did not like william jennings bryan because they thought he was a
big bad money people who are out to buy the election. the reality is is that there are desperate motivations and very different types of people. they are wealthy people and their careers are over and they don't want anything back even if they get a tax break, they don't care. from policies downpour -- from a legal standpoint, how you distinguish from the outset the one guy from the other guy? . there are certain philanthropic goals. there are also real business interests and there is personal...
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and this is an all in election. all of our freedoms, all of our rights, all of our way of life and all of the second amendment is on the line. all means you. nobody can sit this election out. we are virginians. we are patriots. we are american. our view all in for romney/ryan on election day? [cheers and applause] thank you very much. always defend freedom every single day. >> thank you. what we do between now and november 6 will determine the type of country our kids and grandkids grow up and. the question is will it to be a country of more government, more spending, more debt, more government intrusion into our personal lives and less freedom? that is important, because that is barack obama's vision for the future of the country. it is a country we hardly recognize, let alone live in. with the supreme court bounce by one vote and all the other long- term issues before our country, this is not about the next four years. this election is about to the next 40 years. there are 100 reasons to deny barack obama for more
and this is an all in election. all of our freedoms, all of our rights, all of our way of life and all of the second amendment is on the line. all means you. nobody can sit this election out. we are virginians. we are patriots. we are american. our view all in for romney/ryan on election day? [cheers and applause] thank you very much. always defend freedom every single day. >> thank you. what we do between now and november 6 will determine the type of country our kids and grandkids grow...
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here is my question how did george bush get elected twice if the media rigs the election. >> jennifer: but you have to admit that somebody who is not affiliated with either side of the aisle, that look at this and the right is complaining, the left is complaining. where do they debt an honest assessment? >> campaigns that are not doing well, get bad press. if you run bad campaigns, you get bad prez -- press. just watch the news itself. news most of the coverage is very straightforward, and you can tell who is telling the truth and who isn't. >> jennifer: eric boehlert, senior fellow of media matters for america, thank you so much for joining us inside "the war room" this evening. coming up digging up (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on >>the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! ♪ lord, you got no reason ♪ ♪ you got no right ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i find myself at the wrong place ♪ [ male announcer ] the ram 1500 express. ♪ ♪ it says a lot about you. ♪ ♪ in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. guts. glory. ram. ttv
here is my question how did george bush get elected twice if the media rigs the election. >> jennifer: but you have to admit that somebody who is not affiliated with either side of the aisle, that look at this and the right is complaining, the left is complaining. where do they debt an honest assessment? >> campaigns that are not doing well, get bad press. if you run bad campaigns, you get bad prez -- press. just watch the news itself. news most of the coverage is very...
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in an election or even moving the polls temporarily. even when there have been significant mistakes made by some candidate such as when dan quayle was not able to respond to lloyd benson's charge that he was no jack kennedy. but the thing is, the thing is that its atmospherics. continuing the narrative, the pressures on joe biden to do something that causes people to not think about what happened in the last debate with the president. he's got to be able to get back on the offensive. he's probably been told a number of things that he's got to say. many of the things the president did not say, and hopefully, i think the obama campaign is looking for the needle to be bounced a little bit, even though there is no tradition that shows that the needle does gets bounced by vice presidential debates. >> there's a couple of months want to look at and get your reaction to. professor watson is joining us in florida. the first from the 2008 debate in which vincent joe biden and the vice president shall nominate with barack obama discussing the rol
in an election or even moving the polls temporarily. even when there have been significant mistakes made by some candidate such as when dan quayle was not able to respond to lloyd benson's charge that he was no jack kennedy. but the thing is, the thing is that its atmospherics. continuing the narrative, the pressures on joe biden to do something that causes people to not think about what happened in the last debate with the president. he's got to be able to get back on the offensive. he's...
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political discourse this is the republican game plan laid out and this is the only way they can win elections this and disenfranchising people keeping people from voting voter id laws and things like that but basically this by boiling down often complex issues where the right answer can only be found through rigorous debate and turning them into quick easy to remember catch phrases and buzz words let's eliminate the dead debate around how much people like paris hilton should pay in a state taxes stead just call it a dreaded death tax let's eliminate the debate over how we should handle undocumented immigrants and instead dehumanize them by calling them illegal aliens forget about debating the safety of deepwater oil drilling after the b.p. gulf disaster now oil companies are just exploring for energy. you know the sad thing much of this is worked and sure enough we've stopped having rational debate in this country. emotional words are now used to grab people's attention and transform their minds and it's largely these little sound bites and commercials on t.v. replace the role of debate among
political discourse this is the republican game plan laid out and this is the only way they can win elections this and disenfranchising people keeping people from voting voter id laws and things like that but basically this by boiling down often complex issues where the right answer can only be found through rigorous debate and turning them into quick easy to remember catch phrases and buzz words let's eliminate the dead debate around how much people like paris hilton should pay in a state...
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before i got elected, i said my daughters are available on national tv. that was a pretty good mistake. and i'm still paying for that one. but the difference between when i make a mistake, i correct it. i immediately corrected it. >> who is your model supreme court justice? >> let me see here. that's a great question. i think justice sko lee ya is a good judge. justice kennedy is obviously very good. and justice roberts, they are very qualified people there. >> they don't exactly -- >> that's the beauty of being independent. >> if you had to pick one. >> i don't need to pick one. we have plenty of justices up there and i'm proud of the the ones we have. >> i don't support the dream act. we can't take a class of citizens here illegally and move ahead of the 4 million people trying to do it legally. >> senator brown is right. this is a big difference between the two of us. he voted against the dream act. i would strongly support the dream act. i believe in it. >> you're going to comment on my record, i would at least have you refer to -- excuse me. i'm not
before i got elected, i said my daughters are available on national tv. that was a pretty good mistake. and i'm still paying for that one. but the difference between when i make a mistake, i correct it. i immediately corrected it. >> who is your model supreme court justice? >> let me see here. that's a great question. i think justice sko lee ya is a good judge. justice kennedy is obviously very good. and justice roberts, they are very qualified people there. >> they don't...
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the 2012 presidential election is just four weeks away, and now new polls show the race between president obama and republican rival mitt romney is closer than ever. nbc's tracie potts has the latest on this. >>> lynn, good morning. it depends which polls you're looking at. a new pew research poll shows romney got a boost. gallup has the president up five points. they think he got a boost after the positive jobs report. mitt romney in virginia yesterday, he moves on today to iowa and ohio, but in virginia he gave a foreign policy speech where he said the world is more dangerous now because of the president's policies. he said he would appoint one person to be a czar to overlook a number of issues including syria where he wants to arm the rebels. president obama has spent a few days in california. another fund-raiser, another event there late last night where the president said that he has been courting hispanics there, but he also said that mitt romney's debate was more style over substance, that debate really fueling the polls and we'll see if it's affected by the vice presidential debat
the 2012 presidential election is just four weeks away, and now new polls show the race between president obama and republican rival mitt romney is closer than ever. nbc's tracie potts has the latest on this. >>> lynn, good morning. it depends which polls you're looking at. a new pew research poll shows romney got a boost. gallup has the president up five points. they think he got a boost after the positive jobs report. mitt romney in virginia yesterday, he moves on today to iowa and...
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op oill the ladies put the election day? that's what mr. obama is hoping. we'll ha anasis. >> holding a book and trying to get my reading glaes to wor >> bil we might be able to re shall i turnhe pe? "the factor" is all over the place todayhaking tnghi upn tv andadio. we'll show you how went. >> that epic debate, the one withyou andon swart, what are you doing to prepa? >> taking a na >> bill: caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. hi. i'm bill o'reilly. thks for watching us tonight' is the presint's foreign policy falling apart? that is the subject of this evening's taing points memo. jon stewart mocki presidenobama over the libyan assassination situation. that's not good news the president because up until now, much of e liberal media has ignored theac surrounding the terrorist tack on ambassador christopher stevens. last n stewart went t town. >> so the administration' story was anti-muim video on youtube uched off massive protest o vend to spread quick to7 other places. seems implausib, but two days later, they
op oill the ladies put the election day? that's what mr. obama is hoping. we'll ha anasis. >> holding a book and trying to get my reading glaes to wor >> bil we might be able to re shall i turnhe pe? "the factor" is all over the place todayhaking tnghi upn tv andadio. we'll show you how went. >> that epic debate, the one withyou andon swart, what are you doing to prepa? >> taking a na >> bill: caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the...
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but if he happens to fall ill or be busy on election day, luckily, our elections will continue to be free and to be fair. host: catherine mangu-ward is the managing editor of reason magazine. thanks for coming in this morning that as of 4 "washington journal" this morning. you can follow tonight's presidential debate at the university of denver on our website c-span.org. we have a special campaign of set up. you can also watch clips of it afterwards. tomorrow morning on "washington journal" we will be reviewing headlines and taking your calls. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> in about half an hour, we will go live to the pentagon for a news briefing with lieutenant- general adrian bradshaw. he will be holding a video conference and you can see that live at 10:30 eastern on c-span. later, former secretary of state henry kissinger looks at the upcoming agenda of the 18th national congress of china. beginning november 8, china will have new communist party political leaders. you can see that di
but if he happens to fall ill or be busy on election day, luckily, our elections will continue to be free and to be fair. host: catherine mangu-ward is the managing editor of reason magazine. thanks for coming in this morning that as of 4 "washington journal" this morning. you can follow tonight's presidential debate at the university of denver on our website c-span.org. we have a special campaign of set up. you can also watch clips of it afterwards. tomorrow morning on...
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people are paying more attention to the election. when you see the polls and try to understand why the numbers are so different between romney and obama, you have to understand the great majority feel that democrats represent their interests and care about their issues more than republicans. and what has hurt republicans is that very negative rhetoric on the immigration issue. that has hurt republicans tremendously. and the fact that now they have a candidate for the first time like george said. even in the last ee lerks, mccain, all of the candidates have embraced candidate reform. this is the first time they've said i want it for legal immigration. he keeps emphasizing legal immigration thinking that latis are so iorant tha they're going to buy it when he's talking about legal immigration and not finding a solution. i asked romney, with all due respect the fact that you are not answering this question makes people feel like you are evading it. >> are you going to deport them if you become a president? >> we're not going to round up
people are paying more attention to the election. when you see the polls and try to understand why the numbers are so different between romney and obama, you have to understand the great majority feel that democrats represent their interests and care about their issues more than republicans. and what has hurt republicans is that very negative rhetoric on the immigration issue. that has hurt republicans tremendously. and the fact that now they have a candidate for the first time like george...
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the governor was elected in a special election. bill maloney, the losing candidate in that election, as again challenging tomblin. >> good evening and welcome to the west virginia broadcasters association gubernatorial debate sponsored by aarp. i'm charles ryan, your moderator. we are here at the walker theater in downtown charleston and with a live audience. something we're going to do right now. first governor earl ray tomblin -- [applause] and mr. bill maloney -- [applause] sounds like we have an enthusiastic audience tonight. the coin toss has determined the order of debate. the governor will receive the first question. mr. maloney will have the closing statement. the first question goes to gov. tomblin. for years now, west virginia has relied on jobs through energy. most everyone agrees that employment in the energy sector has taken a major hit. my question to you, governor, what plan would to introduce in january if elected to jump start manufacturing and create more high-tech jobs in the state? >> absolutely. let me say than
the governor was elected in a special election. bill maloney, the losing candidate in that election, as again challenging tomblin. >> good evening and welcome to the west virginia broadcasters association gubernatorial debate sponsored by aarp. i'm charles ryan, your moderator. we are here at the walker theater in downtown charleston and with a live audience. something we're going to do right now. first governor earl ray tomblin -- [applause] and mr. bill maloney -- [applause] sounds like...
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the election is tuesday, november 6th. >>> 4:48. a woman accused of operating an unlicensed day care in her manassas home facing three new charges of child abduction. tara loop was arrested last week. yesterday police said they added abduction charges after learning she had nine children in her home, not six, as first method. she allegedly moved three of the children to a neighbor's house before police arrived without their parents' permission. all were under the age of 4. >>> a montgomery county high school athlete may have suffered a spinal injury during football practice. the injury happened while a jv football player practiced yesterday at poolsville high school. a crew flew him to a local trauma center with serious but nonlife threatening injuries. last check he was in stable condition with parties at his side. >>> investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire at an indoor practice facility under construction at the university of virginia in charlottesville. the fire broke out yesterday afternoon sending thick black
the election is tuesday, november 6th. >>> 4:48. a woman accused of operating an unlicensed day care in her manassas home facing three new charges of child abduction. tara loop was arrested last week. yesterday police said they added abduction charges after learning she had nine children in her home, not six, as first method. she allegedly moved three of the children to a neighbor's house before police arrived without their parents' permission. all were under the age of 4. >>>...